Noting that this is a Doug Sudduth Photographywebsite, none of the photos are taken by me,
since I'm in the quartet (duh).

I began harmonizing with my
brother, Bobby, in the early '50's, when he brought home some songs he had been
singing in a quartet as a student at Duke University.My first quartet was in
high school. I grew up on choral singing in church choirs, in college at
Huntingdon College, the Huntingdon Chorale, directed by Richard Rivers, a former
member of the famous Robert Shaw Chorale, then in the Duke University Glee Club,
including an appearance on The Ed Sullivan Show
in 1957. After several years' hiatus I resumed choral singing with Pro
Musica in New Bern, NC, out of which
developed the Windjammers
barbershop quartet, an excellent barbershop singing experience. Upon moving to
Las Vegas, NV, I joined my first barbershop chorus, The Las Vegas
Gambleaires, which included some pick-up
quartet opportunities. I witnessed and experienced serious barbershop chorus and
quartet competition. Also in Las Vegas, I sang with the Southern Nevada Musical
Arts Chorus based at UNLV. Upon moving back east I joined the Cape
Fear Chordsmen barbershop chorus,
Wilmington,NC, finally,
moving to Mitchell County,NC forming with George, Bryan and Stan, the
Local Fourcast barbershop quartet, singing
together for 8 years. Having lost our tenor, several years passed until George
and I fortunately recruited Will and Danny for the current Local
Fourcast quartet. The title came from my
wife, Billie Ruth, checking the Weather Channel's Local Forecast
during winter to be sure our weekly rehearsal could happen.

Update 07-30-2012
Stan is our "Mr. Barbershop." A retired surgeon from Crossnore , he sings in 2
different barbershop choruses, Hickory and Asheville, and has an extensive
barbershop singing experience. He has been a medical missionary for Samaritan's
Purse in Africa, Afghanistan and New Guinea in recent years. He was in our
first quartet that began in 1995 singing together for most of 8 years,

We
re-grouped in 2008 with Danny, as our new tenor, Danny had many years experience
both as an instrumentalist and singer in a duo that entertained extensively in
the area performing oldies and do-wop..He is a well-known native of Mitchell
County. He just retired from Imerys.

Will
sang in a top quality barbershop chorus some years ago in Texas. At various
times, he has been a choral singer, soloist and a choir director. His skills as
a pianist help us learn our parts in rehearsals. He is the President of Fortner
Insurance Agency, Inc.

Finally,Doug sang with a quartet in high school and, after a long hiatus, joined
a quartet in New Bern in the early 80's. He later sang with barbershop choruses
in Las Vegas, NV and Wilmington, NC. Upon moving to Mitchell County in 1995, he
joined Dr. George Bennett, Dr. Stan Mills and Bryan Justice to form Local Fourcast.
He is retired from a career in community mental health.

Local Fourcast at Mitchell HS

Our quartet sang the National Anthem at Mitchell High School on February 2, 2010, before the girls' basketball game.